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it. This is the only cable road we have,
but other cities will soon adopt the
system.
"Thcre are now in Australia 10000
miles OF railway. lit Victoria alone,
which is the smallest OF the provinces,
we have over 10000 miles. w have one
continuous line of 1000 miles from AIDE.
laide to brisbane, through the colonies.
Some OF the roads make very fast time.
The express trains from Melbourne to
Sydney make the whole distance of 600
miles IN seventeen hours.
"Mclbournc, as the leading city of the
colonies, with 100000 population. is
rapidly advancing, while Sydney, which
is next in size, with 300, 900 people, Is
equally prosperous, but perhaps better
known to you, since It is the terminus of
the Oceanic Steamship Line from San
Francisco. The other colonies now have
clOsc.on TO 0 10000 apiece.
II see the Examiner has awakened in
tcrest concerning the proposed Alaska
penal colony. The conyic,s sent on,
from England to tho lIcbridcs fifty years
ago have nearly all died. The children
Of the convicts in New South Wales and
West Australia arc just rs high in char
ac,cr rs anybody else. But n great many
OF the convicts were sent there for small
o%ifcnscs, for things that now would
scarcely constitute II crime. Convicts
used 10 bc sent TO Tasmania, too, but
the Australian government has so CD.
posed the penal colony system that it has
been abandoned. Abou, all the Fcnians
that were sent 10 West Australia have
been rescued and are now in America.
"0ur cattic.raising in the great grass
regions Is very extensive, yet it differs
somewhat from the way 1t is carried on
in the United States. We fence our
ranges, or stations rs they arc there
called, with American patented barbcd
wire. Australians are always OF the
lookout for new things in America,
and they speedily alop,ihem The pro
prictor OF n station is called II suuat,cr.
lie may have HD,b09 or 4D,0D0 acres In his
station, hui whatever he has is all fenced.
Some Of these ranches are 1000 miles
away from market, and It takes many
months ! o drircihc cattle through. The
law prohibits cattle being driven faster
illan lolr miles u day, or sheep more ilnn
three. The recent great rains have won.
derfully improved the crops. Wool has
gone up 50 per cent.
Living is very cheap now in Australia.
Workihgmcn can get good board and
rooms nj the hotels for 81 80 per week.
Bank clerks and such persons can ret
such MS they want for 81 80 to So, while
the very best is not ovcr 81 80. | hardly
think the chances of making Il fortune
quick are MS good, though, us they are in
America. Think this is the best country
| ever saw for that.
what surprised me mos, in America
Is the immcnsily of your hotels. and, in
fact, of MI your buildings. You do
everything on u grand scale. But | was
surprised, too, 10 find ut the Grand Union
Depot Hotel nj Kansas City, nj which |
stopped, there was no, n bath i'll the
house. Every little cottage in my country
has n bath. 1t differs greatly from Eng.
land in this respect.
ralasin has about 1000 daily and
weekly papers; Australia has 1900
alone."-!SiW francisco Examiner.
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Animal Worship Among the Chinese.

At Il recent mccting Of the Pckiu Oriental
Society in London, Mr.. owen real Il pulrr
90 animal worship among the Chinese. lie
referred To the worship paid to the fox,
weasel, hedgehog and snake, to wllicl. ut
TIHh'sin Is added the rat. The first four arc
called the immortals. These leitiel animals
seem t" tfSttrf' the entire attention of the
people, even To tliccxclusion oftlc Buddhist
md Tanisi r'sls. DR.. Elkins qEpirl from
the Chinese I" prove that animal worship
was unknown IN the ancient times, while
nr, Dndrcon pointed mt that II was IL mis-.
take to suppose tina, animal worship was
a%1nfitntl to the four animals mentioned.
The horse, cow, dng, insects, dragon, lion,
etc. nrr worshipel. IN The nth month
the rcntire'c, lizard, scorpion, frog and
snakr.tlic live poisonous animals rs they
are chllctl-arr also objects Of worship.
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TIE TIM: Is HERE.

When Sol lanrsncs II ctouticSs path through
Mays bright nAurc skies,
Aud Springs sweet flowers awake from
sl~rand open wide their eyes,
When with the blossom and the bud, the
cherry trees arc gay,
Aud rural lmun,s ARE Smiling with the beauty
oftlm May,
When rigltrrdailygro stl,ccmcrald carpet
m the void.
Starred with the daisy's silver and the dan.
dclion'Sgold.
When the wildwood IN awakened with n
burst ofjoyous sung,
At tlicdawning ortlc morning. by thcmrrry
rmnl ihrmlE;
When wnkcful frogs the eur of night with
aMurDiH nociurnrs III
And deep within llcgmvn IL heard plant
Of whiis}aur.win,
And katydids are calling md the ii,ful fire.
HES CLEAN,
Among tho catkins where the willows hrud
nbovc the stream,
When OH tho walls againtEo "Grcatcst Show
on Earth" Is billed,
Tho tin,c Is l,cro for baseball aud for nm.
pircs getting killed.
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Pretty refers to external beauty on II small
scale. Gracc Of manner Is II natural pil,;
elegance implies cultivation. Wen brty, rs
rcfcrnllc To general conduct rather than IN.
tljyilpnl actions. I;amijuI is lie strpu,,..,
word Of lis class, Implying s0itnrss aud
'lclicacy in addition To everything TINT Is IN
similar words. Courtesy las reference %
others, InlitcncSS to ourselves. Tile former
Is Il duty or privilege to others, the latter is
behavior assumed from proper sclf.rcsl.rt.
benevolent refers to tbs character Of ihr
agent acting, bcnciicrnt To the act performed.
Charitable is restricted to almsgivii,g except
when used in rctcrcnccto Judgment N oihrrs.
Lovely is used only where there IL something
more than external beauty, when there Is Il
combination Of personal iWnuty md pleas.
Ing MN FnUltlc~S features Do not inukc
Il lady lovely who IN dlSasrccnllIc IN ,liy,ssi-
tion.-H o'tOn Jonr"ai Of Eduoniou.
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And now the snow was beginning to make
its approach felt in the air, and uniy that
very morning the cherry little woman Ind
sail US she kissel him goodbye for thu day
you good little Poppy, You must begin to
get rich soon, or else you'll have to have
sonic n die and leave You u new over
coat, and you must bring home the money
for the rest fortnight"
The new ovcrc'at waS y thing that he also
felt he ought to have, bit the rent WIS M
Imperative demand that would not be put
of. And now the cout was entirely out OF
thcqucstion, aud the savings bank account
must dwindle for the landlords potent sake.
The failure Of Dmigs, Disgs & Htmcontsc,
though n overwhelming calamity to him,
WIS not his only misfortune, for, rs he
turned from the closed doors to which the
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RUSSIAN AMBITIONS.
The Acquisition Of Constnntinoplc I,rs-
tlMel To Take Ilaet..

The Acquisition of Constnntinoplc I)rs.
timed 10 Take Place.
The Rev. Cyrus IIamlin repeats In the
f0rHm certain statements once made to
him by Russian diplomat with whom
circumstances made him temporarily
intimate. Russian diplomats arc no,
notorious for telling the truth III regard
to Russian policy even TO casual nc
q"a'ntaaces, but every Russian believes
that the United States is In strong SYM
lathy with his country, and particularly
delights in anything that may injurc
England. So This particular diploma,
may have been sincere in saying: "Con.
stantinople is destined to 10 ours; bu,
VIC shall have it by development. Eu-
ropcan Turkey Is SO largely Slavic tia,
we shall expand into all that region :;
and the people, R%onmanians, Dulgarians,
Bosnians, Scrvians, will all be one will,
u.s., 10 the banks Of the Dardanclles
and Sea of Marmora. Nothing
can keep Russia back in lint direction.
The people are already Russian. They will
welcome us rs dcliyercrs from the Turks.
Europe can never object TO the gradual
and healthy expansion of IN empire. If
any nation scizcs upon anygrcat strategic
point, then 1t becomes Il European ques-
ton. Russia attempted that, and will
never repeat her mistake. But when
Russia shall have gradually c%xpandcdinto
Aslatic Turkey on the other side, so as to
cnvclop Constanlinoplc into whose hands
will 1t fall? The wisest and most mod
crate statesmen of Russia know well that
she is not yet ready for That great posses
sion. To have 1t now might cause
great and dangerous divisions. The later
1t comes the better. 1t Is the military
element Of the government that Is rash
and impatient. But II Car will never
be forced by it into conflicts with
Europe.
"Constaniinoplc will give to Russia
certain rights, for which she must con-
tend until she attains them. She must
have u free, untrmmclcd passage
through the nosplorus and the Darda-
nciics for ~hcrCommcrcc and her fleet, with
no frowning forts on their shores. When
Russia has aii that, there is orc thing
further. We shall then dispute with
England tho passage through Egypt, If
we Ito not get her Indian empire through
Afgitanistan. That Russia is bound to
have, because she alone knows how to
govern the people Of the empire"
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a RAT FIGHT,
The Serpent i Defeated. Giyrsup tho Fight
un1 Makes off.

NV Vhs
One Of oar popular young farmers, noted
for trnthfulncss ny well as mmlcsty, tcllst the
following storyo 4 light between q rat and Il
snake. lie wts ut his stable one morning
not long ago, and after doing some chores
around the lot he sat down aud began to
meiitmc-hc is given to suci, things occa-
sionnlly-and while sitting Oh the fence near
his stable he saw n snake crawl out from
under tho crib in quite n hurry; presently II
large rat followed and attacked the snake
iicrccly. II jumped upon his snakcship, and
ut once the reptile coilel and cnlcuvorcl to
strike the rat, but it was quick and ESCAPED
the bites, meanwhile plying its own teeth in
"A fearless manner. The rat and snake
clinchui, rolled mp in IL wmi, the snake try
ing to coil nrnundthc rnt. lust nj that mo-
Incnt the rat secured n gomi chance. seized
the snake 'irnr its tnil and bit il terribly. In
much pain and ag"fty the ScrtrIt quickly
gave uptlc fight and made of, the rut fol
lowing \ short distance. md then Returning,
went back to the crib. Several times it came
ont and smcl!el along through the weeds, rs
If scchtir.g the snake. II is supposed that
the snake Lm! eaten the old rats young.
md II WIS determined to have rcycngc.-Lu.
f,iyrtis ,VFS4tu1rr.
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Canadian Statesman ficatty, nov, this
retaliation business would lm nm excellent
thing for The Dominion. The closing ei
America against ny would make business
Just l~nn md boom on ilis side nf tho linz.
Humble CitiMn-TIicn why don't you do
something to provoke the American I'rSi.
dent +" get tic retaliation INV in motion
against us?
iaHmlian Statesman -Well-m-ah-yau
know, he might take It into Ills head to do
It, don't y"n see, and If We become too pros
I"rons, don't YOU know, IL may make us
proud, md pride is-nh-is very sinful.
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CALEB B0STWIGK'S LUCK,
ny 1t. a, FREEMAN,

...h"NN H."t 49, -. ...s. -t.s#H|.N.
TNOOR Caleb was IN despair. The most
SSlQ persistent and relentless sort Of III.
@9 luck had pursued this meek and
exemplary little man for so long
TINT he lndgrown quite accustomed to hay.
Ing things 30 more or less awry with him,
and hconlinarily accepted Fnic's smali spite
( fmlncss quitcas n matter Of course.
l}at this last misfortune seemed too much
for even Caleb 1iostwick's admirable patience
and krbearance.
For n brief space he waycrcd between tears
and profanity over his crowtlng ilt.fdrtunc;
then, a last, his manhood asserted itself and
hcmiidly sworc. lie said "Ncii, It's too
dcrn'd bad"
ftrcaify was too bad. For n score Of long
md weary years Caleb had risen early mud
wrought late for the very moderate stipend
TINT hc received weekly from tho grca' com
mcrcial house which had just failul-failed
so completely and thoroughly TINT there
would not be. enough left to pay ten cents on
each dollar Of its obligations.
1t was q terribly severe blow to Caleb. II,
hhh floNhi IVY houd ~ ~ illhll~ uON
neither young nor old-ln tho uninterrupted
enjoyment Of his one bit of u%nyarying root
fortune, the little pay envelope every Satur
day night with his weeks wages TO TAX,
home to his patient little wife and his foul
chubby little boys.
It had often been hard work to keep In,
wolf from breaking in at The door, and tln
five pairs Of small shoes from breaking oul
at the toes. Yet Caleb, despite his trials, lat
been able to 30 whistlins mcrrily to til,
"%storc'' Of mornings, and his wife coult
chirrup n CHEEKY song rs she wiped til,
breakfast dishes in the cozy kitchen tt,at al
ways looked ny If its face was newly washed
There Ind been long weeks of whoopinf
cough, mumps and measles, that had kc,i
the diminutive savings bank account from
ever reaching three figures, however, and
there was but little to stand between Their
humble happiness and cruel want.
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An interesting discovery If nm early Chris
TIM cemetery Inns been made near Alex.
amiria By Count dficn}tt. Il fs cut In this
rocks, md IN cacl, of the inches which sur.
round ihr rrlii were FUND Ten skeletons.
Terra Gotta lamps impressed with crosses and
other religious symbols wcrn found, but no
icciphcrahlc inscription. All tho skeletons
nplcnrcl to he Of adult males IN tho prime
offffd.
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THE IlUuT sTnEET? Y.E.s!'


The change of feeling in rcparltotlm long
admired characters, Sam Weller md his
rrary ttitti"H III England. 4 bright ink.
book chilled "WcllrriSm' has done much In
bringing about this new latitude Thu M
thur declares that sam Weller was "nt hes, II
linz, 4 thief, II rutliWI md M ignornmus."
His fidelity tn his master N accounted for nv
the fact tint he c"ull MT cIlangr Ills place
except hFa WHfteHrit. OF imftsty he Etsttts
to have no conception. "IIc Ind the glt,rr
point If hun"r-tn have u hmniliutiiir r..
lnftcc for nl corners, the I",t.ilwusc accom-.
llishmcnisof skill mud readiness ny n mtgilist,
pnt tho true mntcaSt instinct To resist officers
Of tho law and rfcvaricalc in thu witness.
M,X,n
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The periodical announcement tx mnhc TINT
thrSiiali II PcrSin desires American ca,ital
todcvclopthn resources of the empire, The
SINH welcomes capital from my sources rro.
vidTi IL viii pay rOlnLly for the privilege Of
coming in,
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TALES OF x AVE
Queer Custom. at the Antipode. recount,

Queer Customs Mt the Antipodes Rceounted
by a Native.
A. s. Mandcrs, OF Mandets' Press
Agency, Australia, an institution CORE.
spending TO the Associated Press in
America, Is In tho city. MI. Mandcrs Is.
q native Of Melbourne, and some ton
months ago started on an extended tour
Of tho world. lie has already Travelled
about 10000 miles, visiting Egypt, Italy.
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Caleb's eyes began to bulge. He realized
THAT he WIS being offered $2g,808to back out
Of his llundcr. With ono supreme effort
lhe rcfrained from fnlling dead ut tho feet Of
his persistent stranger, and with strange
procrustination usked:
"lnt why didn't you bid It of yoursc1f2"
Didn't st here 81 utter you'd got yon,
begin tho sale so carly. Is it II trade" "lt
is." gaslel Caleb, ny he saw tho stranger
draw out from his wallet n handful of ccrti.
fled checks and select two of 1900 each
from the goodly fellowship Of the greater
ones.
The stranger drew a fountain pen from its
case and fitted 1t to its holder. '"You scc,"
he remarked, as he in1orsel tho checks, "
like to get things all settled up tight and
fast while l mn about it, SO there won't be
any backing out" $50 do J." said CaIcE
simDly, .
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JERUSALEM OF TO-DAY
a View from Mount oliyet- Gloomy se.pe,

A View from Mount Oiivet-Gioomy Scenes
In tho Holy City.
Tho Holy City looked very prosperous
and beautiful from this point Mount
Oliyet), and tho wind in the olives made
u pleasant sound SO We stood and
looked, md the sacred tcnclings from
all our lives came up about us whole
and fair, rs they had boon before
We saw tho Iorusalcm OF to-day, writes a
correspondent Of tho Louisville Courier.
Journal. A rough field lay NIL about us,
with scanty soil, where thc'gnarled Old
olives, standing apart, looked MS II they
liad fought hard for life. And oil over
Tho place Wherever nature predominatcl
over tho slight cultivation, there grow n
low b0sl-they call Il "chaparraw In
Texas-itis all thorns md gray; nj least,
tho leaves had not yet appeared. Every.
where they grow, these low, thorny
bushes; so II WINS not far they had to
seek tho Masters crown. jH
On top OF tho mount there arc a few
dirty novels and n mosque with n high
minnrct, from tho top Of which We had n
beautiful vicw-thc Dcah sea, lying
bllc md still, low down among its yer.
durolcss hills-the course Of tho Jordan
outlined In grcen-JcrusaIcm, bethany
ana all about tho white roads winding
away among tho curving hills.
Another Wow We had which Cdualcd
this: II was from n housc.top on tho
road to Bethlehem. From THIS we saw
tho Dead sen aud 0hyct, Jerusalem and
Mizpah, Bethlehem md all tho fair green
plains where still tho shepherds watch
their ilocks. by the time one makes the
Journey to Bethlehem, however, Que fus
become dull and uncntlusiasiic, The
town Is dirty and tho guide talks on III.
ccssnntly; the mangur, n ncatly.tinished
marble box; the Altar of tho Star, tho
Altar Of tho lnnoccnts, the tomb OF St.
Jerome and The tomb Of 81. Paula seem ali
to be Of equal value in the eyes of tho
franciscan brother who shows them to
YOU. MI...
but tho cell Of 81. .Ierome-ias, the
placca gloomy dyspcptic would choose
for his abode; this seemed OF more worth.
!sather damp II was, with the light com.
ing IN from above, AMI not very much OF
II, but not ut all uninhabitablc. Upstairs
tho Greek church Is. imprcssiyc-impres.
siye, because Of It's perfect simplicity +:
Tor the brown rnficrs arc MI unpaintcd
and ungildcd, and arc the resting places
Of mnny spnrrows md swallows, whose
twittcrings and chirpings filled the cool
gloom. 1t reminded me of the peaceful
Campo Santo ut Pisa; md with Gctlscm.
anc and tho wheat fields about Beth.
any, Is the calincst memory | have of Jc-
rusalcm.
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CASUAL OBSERVATIONS.
TIE STRAIGHT OF IT.

TIE STRAIGHT OF IT.
"Afan wants but little here below"
According to the song.
1}ut that doti't'muttcr mitch, Just so
lie gets that little strong.
And since IT'S little he will get,
From grim and selfish fate;
lie wants that little very wet,
And also very straight.
~
THE DIVINE sAIAH's rKEpIcAMESr.
OF all the attitudes she takes
Uncompromising facts disclose,
That ncrnlardt still continues thin
And never yet succeeded in
Assuming adirosc.
r.
CRAB WISE.
Men do not trust to arguments,
Alone, to prove what they would teach,
But must refer to precedent
To Justify their bricfcst speech. '
~
We speak Of Blase So and So Il: being
"WickeI rs the Devil" Why is it wrong?
On account OF thu 'Synonym" (sin on him).
\. 1;.-Diagram and monkey-wrcnch, witt,
directions for working, furnished On applica-
ton.
~
It is stated that he who brings the most
Of use into life lives the longest. If length
o. cyistcnce depends upon this fact, It is at.
together aprolns to inquire how long has
kcely (of motor fnmc) been dead.
~
Mary Mapcs Dodge asks "why is 1t tint
Pegasus, as soon rs he feels u saddle on his
back, begins to sallor to the cemetery. lie
cause entering on IL literary pursuit is often
a"grvc' affair.
~
It may be said Of the multiplicity Of bones
i'll the stIad, preventing satisfactory mastica-
ton, that this is the iish's revenge for being
cntcn, and that herein the shai rocs to the
occasion.
~
We learn that the cabbage imported from
Germany grows rs heavy rs II cannon ball.
Due doubtless ton morbid apprehension Of
being na,uralizcl into American crout.
~
In the oil regions they get up a boom in
real estate with comparative c;,sc. They ac-
rnmplish this every time they explode II
cartridge in an oil we'll.
~
"ro' the admirers Of fust nurses, life III
many cases is little more than Il sfatt."
-.Mrchnnt 7~ra,rtcr. Yes and it teams
with interest,
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In the oil regions they get mp a boom in
real estate with comparative c;,sc. They ac-
rnmplish this every time they explode II
cartridge in IN oil well.
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"'ro' the admirers Of fnst nurses, life III
many cases is little more than Il sf'aft."
Merchant Tra,rter. Yes and it teams
with interest,
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We learn that the cabbage imported from
Germany grows as heavy Ms II cannon ball.
Due doubtless ton morbid apprehension Of
being naturalizei into American crout.
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1t may be said of the multiplicity Of bones
i'll the shad, preventing satisfactory mastica-
tion, that this is the iisl's revenge for being
catcn, and that herein the shai rocs to the
occasion.
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Mary Mapcs Dodge asks "why is 1t TINT
Pegasus, Gs soon rs he feels Il saddle on his
back, higgins to sallop to the cemetery. lie
cause entering on II literary pursuit is often
n"gravc'' affair.
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We speak Of Blase So and So n: being
"WickeI rs the Devil" Why is il wrong?
On account Of the "Synouym" (sin on hiin).
n. E.-Diagram and monkcy-wrcnch, witt,
directions for working, furnished On arplica-
a..
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CRAB WISE.

Men do not trust to arguments,
Alone, to prove what they would teach,
But must refer to precedent
To Justify their bricfcst speech.